Raelynn completely ignored Seraphina and didn't even spare a glance for Sebastian.
She couldn't care less about their picture-perfect little 'family' moment.
She leaned down until she was eye-level with Shane's chubby face. "Yeah, I'm the bad lady. But you're a mean, ugly little brat. With your terrible genes, no girl will ever look twice at you. You'll grow up to be a bottom-feeder, just like your sister."
She honestly felt like a cartoon villain right now, actively destroying a child's innocent worldview and wrecking someone else's 'happy home.'
Seraphina's smile instantly vanished, her face turning ice-cold.
She knew exactly what Raelynn was doing—insulting all three of them in one breath!
Shane didn't understand all the big words, but a kid his age had enough pride to know what 'ugly' and 'no one will like you' meant. His face flushed bright red, and he immediately burst into tears.
He started screaming at the top of his lungs, absolutely bawling.
Through his blubbering, he aggressively yanked on Sebastian's hand, begging for backup: "Hit her! Hit her! Make her get on her knees and say sorry... waaaah!"
Sebastian’s gaze hardened as he stared coldly at Raelynn. "Fighting with a little kid. How old are you?"
Blame.
It was always just blame.
Like she was supposed to just stand there and take the abuse for no reason.
Like she was born to be walked all over, her dignity completely irrelevant.
A sharp spike of pain lodged in Raelynn's chest. She looked up at him. Sometimes, when you're so furious, all you can do is laugh—and that's exactly what she did. "You're the one trying to play step-dad, right? You're failing at teaching him basic manners, so I stepped in to help. The least you could do is say thank you."
Maybe it was her total 'unreasonableness' that made the temperature in Sebastian's eyes drop to freezing.
Seraphina picked up the still-screaming Shane and glared at Raelynn. "Raelynn, he's just a child. Taking your anger out on him is pathetic."
As she spoke.
Seraphina's eyes darted to the phone in Raelynn's hand, and she suddenly narrowed her eyes. "Actually, I have reason to believe you were secretly recording our private conversation. I'm going to need you to let us check your phone."
Raelynn almost laughed out loud at the sheer, unadulterated audacity.
"Not a ch—"
Before she could even finish the word, before her brain could even register the movement.
The phone was violently snatched out of her hand.
Sebastian had closed the distance between them in a flash.
Holding Raelynn's phone, without a single second of hesitation, he smoothly typed in her passcode and unlocked the screen.
Watching him do it, Raelynn felt like someone had dumped a bucket of ice water over her head.
Every single bone in her body felt like it was shattering from the cold.
A wave of sheer, unadulterated humiliation washed over her, like she had just been stripped naked in front of a crowd.
She had never hidden a single secret from Sebastian. To him, she was completely transparent.
Because her phone was full of photos and text updates about Lily!
If Sebastian saw them right now, it would be over!
Sebastian casually tapped into her photo gallery.
The thumbnails were too small to see clearly right away.
But a few of the recent images looked suspiciously like... a child?
Before he could tap to expand them.
A sharp burst of citrus perfume rushed his senses.
Seeing what he was looking at, Raelynn's heart violently seized. Completely disregarding everything else, she lunged forward, ripped the phone out of Sebastian's hand, and with everything she had, hurled it directly at the marble floor!
CRACK!
The screen instantly exploded into a spiderweb of shattered glass.
The phone was destroyed beyond repair.
Raelynn's explosive, almost rabid reaction.
Threw the entire hallway into dead silence.
Seraphina finally recovered from the shock, and a deeply satisfied smirk crossed her face. "We were just giving you a chance to clear your name. But acting like this... isn't that just a guilty conscience?"

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The readers' comments on the novel: Boss, Your Wife Signed the Divorce Agreement Before the Wedding
I think for as slow as the beginning was, their turning point is just so fast... really hope we actually get to read about R and S and their rekindle.... we did not read 950 pages for their story to be sidelined. Im for this sideline story, but it if it's to separate from the main characters and their story, please make it separate book....
Author please update more chapters...
I really like Zella, she is becoming a good friend to Raelynn. Ian needs to go. The relationship with Chloe is confusing. Some chapters they are cousins, sometimes they're sibling. A little confusing....
Julians role as big brother- I feel comes from a genuine place, but in a relationship thats is just as stained as Raelynns and Sebastians. It hard for me to connect to his big brother role as he too was such a problem before. And while they talked a little bit, the conversation did not give me the believe there was resolution between Raelynn and Julian. For a brute, he should make his feelings clear about the situation to Raelynn and then step back, until there is more foundation for him to stand on....
Knife in my heart. I hurt for Raelynn. She has made it this far, but how much does she have in her, everyone has a breaking point. Some back of me hopes the author is joking to lighten the mood after so many intense chapters, but thats not this kind of story or couple....
My heart cannot take this. This, cannot be how it ends with these too. They need resolution with each other. Raelynn needs to be more humanize with Sebastian. We know she is hurt, but this is the branch. She needs all these answers, if not for them to be together, then for Lily to have both her parents. Stop with the mind games Raelynn!...
Its like the story is just repeating itself...
Timeline is getting lost for me. So many treasured little memories Raelynn has but yet, he was gone for years ? Anyways... still rooting for them! These two need a heart to heart. Lily "forgetting" someone, not possible in this day and age and I hope thats not their storyline....
Sebastian, the man of few words.... needs to find all the words! Needs to fight for her! On note, seven years seems like a long time for this master plan (which I am sure goes back much farther). Rereading this novel, and it seems like everything has played out in a 5-8 month time span. And I feel like all Sebastian's doings/ plan have not been revealed. I hope we get to see the whole picture and have the resolutions we hope. But seven years of mistreatment, I just don't see Raelynn fully coming back. If these was 2-3 years, maybe, and I know it changes some characters around, but it would still work. Rooting for them!...
Literally on edge!...